[ROOT]Samsung Galaxy S2 Wimax-Japan

[cezeff]

Well your firmware version is different from what was on there....you can give it a shot and see if it works...in theoryit should...I don't think the root was based on a specific firmware...even I updated to the ota update in February and still was able to root using this method...as always it's your phone and your responsible for what ya do to it...here is a screen shot on my info...yours is now LD2 instead of LB3

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[rassam]

hi mate, I stumbled soon this site which I think us showing how to root after the update but don't want to risk anything before I do it.
can you have a look and give me you're opinion?

mshunin.blogspot.jp/2012/05/isw11sc-galaxy-s2-wimaxla2ld2root.html

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[vijayendrans]

Making Sim-free ?

Hi, i am planning to buy au GALAXY SII WiMAX ISW11SC from JAPAN. I want to ake it sim-free so that i can use in foreign countries. I just want to know any free methods or guide to make the phone sim-free. Please help. Thanks in advance.

 

[cezeff]

hmmmm... think the root method is sim-free but i dont have another carrier's sim to test...ill try it later today with one of my friends

 

[debaucher]

hi mate, I stumbled soon this site which I think us showing how to root after the update but don't want to risk anything before I do it.
can you have a look and give me you're opinion?

mshunin.blogspot.jp/2012/05/isw11sc-galaxy-s2-wimaxla2ld2root.html

Sent from my ISW11SC using xda premium

I also came across that thread but from what I can tell it its a type of downgrade to LB3 then root.

I have not done it as I don't want to downgrade as I still have hopes of an OS upgrade in the near future.

D.

 

[chronoknight]

I was able to root after updating to LD2 (via USB connection to Kies, OTA kept failing probably because I was rooted) simply by reapplying the steps from the first post. So far so good! I wish Samsung/AU would give us ICS...

 

[rassam]

I was able to root after updating to LD2 (via USB connection to Kies, OTA kept failing probably because I was rooted) simply by reapplying the steps from the first post. So far so good! I wish Samsung/AU would give us ICS...

thanks it worked for me too! !

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[raiden.cheetah]

Thanks for your hardwork cezeff.

But if i root my isw11sc, will I be able to update to the stock ics by samsung/au,
if it comes out after this?

 

[cezeff]

To tell you the truth I don't know...I'm getting a sgs 3 in a couple of days...which means I can really go in on my sgs 2 and not be afraid to brick it...I'm the coming days I'll try some different roms including ics to see if it's compatible...so lets keep our fingers crossed...it would seem you would be able to update using a different method a long the lines of the above posts...they were able to update even after root..just a but more work...hopefully it's the same for a full on OS upgrade...

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[raiden.cheetah]

To tell you the truth I don't know...I'm getting a sgs 3 in a couple of days...which means I can really go in on my sgs 2 and not be afraid to brick it...I'm the coming days I'll try some different roms including ics to see if it's compatible...so lets keep our fingers crossed...it would seem you would be able to update using a different method a long the lines of the above posts...they were able to update even after root..just a but more work...hopefully it's the same for a full on OS upgrade...

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wow, you migrated to docomo already?
anyways, thanks for the quick reply. I found along some post in this forum about some 'android kitchen' where we can 'cook' our own roms. have you tried doing that?

Maybe if I have some time this weekend I'll try rooting and "cooking", and see what happens.

 

[cezeff]

yep...was a softbank reject..then an au step child...but once the s3 popped up on docomo it was a done deal...it really does make me happier knowing i can really tear into this s2 though...im really looking forward to seeing what i can do with it...im not going to even root my s3 for awhile till its super duper safe...lol....i dont have anything to do this weekend so ill look into that cooking your own roms section...i see xda excerpts on the subject al the time but really didnt have a reason to..but with a guinea pig s2 now the sky is the limit...lets see what we can cook up...in fact thursday ill start posting some mods ive always been wanting to do to the s2...stay tuned

 

[raiden.cheetah]

yep...was a softbank reject..then an au step child...but once the s3 popped up on docomo it was a done deal...it really does make me happier knowing i can really tear into this s2 though...im really looking forward to seeing what i can do with it...im not going to even root my s3 for awhile till its super duper safe...lol....i dont have anything to do this weekend so ill look into that cooking your own roms section...i see xda excerpts on the subject al the time but really didnt have a reason to..but with a guinea pig s2 now the sky is the limit...lets see what we can cook up...in fact thursday ill start posting some mods ive always been wanting to do to the s2...stay tuned

COOL!! :cyclops:
i got fired up reading ur post that i rooted my phone immediately!! lol

can u give me some tips on what u did after rooting, such as list of bloatwares to get rid of and any cool apps that can speed up my phone and extend the battery and such..

 

[debaucher]

Decided to go ahead and root my S2 Wimax.
I used the files provided in the first post and other than not realizing that the Clockwork Recovery that we replace the stock with is touch screen capable (ie.. I haven't had to use clockwork recovery since my droid x and you went through the menu with the volume and home button... but on this one it kept restarting it until I realized I can just touch the menu items... blonde duh moment).

Everything seems to be fine, of course I don't have au one market (no tears here) but it looks like the NFC works just fine (at least I have my locked icon from disabling it from before.... safety reasons).

Well, now I just have to hope we can come up with some type of custom rom or something.

D.

 

[cezeff]

COOL!! :cyclops:
i got fired up reading ur post that i rooted my phone immediately!! lol

can u give me some tips on what u did after rooting, such as list of bloatwares to get rid of and any cool apps that can speed up my phone and extend the battery and such..

well of course busy box...a lot of the apps i use are pretty common in my opinion...such as juice defender which really does extend the battery almost by x2...people tend to use es file explorer, i use solid explorer which is pretty darn good...tube mate for downloading videos from youtube and what not...i use screen off so i dont have to hit the power button to turn the screen off....instamusic is a real great music app that looks really nice in my opinion...dpi changer utility is great for changing the dpi, there were a couple fo apps and games that wouldnt work for the massive screen until i changed the dpi...i also downloaded the Pandora app thats floating around in these fourms and as long as ive had my wifi on connected to my phone when i go out and about it still plays through the japanese servers!!....besides that i use go ex launcher with an ics overlay..ill post a screen shot of my home screen a little later..i havent pulled any of the bloatware off yet...but after thursday i will..ive read on other phones pulling some of samsung bloatware stalled the phone...so be sure to make a back up using rom manager or another like app...dont forget google black search and voice, it uses a black screen which is super friendly and battery friendly on amoled screens...being in japan the messaging app Line is becoming super popular...i havent tweaked my phone too much because i was afraid of screwing it up being the only one i had but thatll change thursday and ill be able to go "hard in the paint" with...install a custom kernel and some cpu governors...as the phone is it has a very high quadrant standard score, i get close to 4000, ive posted it before...so this weekend ill see what magic i can get with this phone...

 

[cezeff]

Decided to go ahead and root my S2 Wimax.
I used the files provided in the first post and other than not realizing that the Clockwork Recovery that we replace the stock with is touch screen capable (ie.. I haven't had to use clockwork recovery since my droid x and you went through the menu with the volume and home button... but on this one it kept restarting it until I realized I can just touch the menu items... blonde duh moment).

Everything seems to be fine, of course I don't have au one market (no tears here) but it looks like the NFC works just fine (at least I have my locked icon from disabling it from before.... safety reasons).

Well, now I just have to hope we can come up with some type of custom rom or something.

D.

lol...im glad i wasnt the only one that kept missing the fact that the clockwork recovery was touch screen, at first i thought i had broken something...im glad it worked out just fine for you...someone filled me in that the reason that my nfc wouldnt work is because i didnt have a specific sim card that supported nfc?...i guess...but ill see if itll change once i start messing with custom roms and stuff for this phone this weekend...work keeps me pretty busy during the week...

 

[cezeff]

man, i dont mind sitting down and working on a custom rom but all the rom making software ive found so far is for windows and i got a mac..wtf....ill keep looking but if yall can come up with something let me know...

 

[raiden.cheetah]

I was able to root after updating to LD2 (via USB connection to Kies, OTA kept failing probably because I was rooted) simply by reapplying the steps from the first post. So far so good! I wish Samsung/AU would give us ICS...

Hey chronoknight,

Does that mean that u've rooted the phone, then u upgraded to LD2 using kies (which causes the phone to become unrooted again?)??

 

[chronoknight]

Hey chronoknight,

Does that mean that u've rooted the phone, then u upgraded to LD2 using kies (which causes the phone to become unrooted again?)??

Yes, I rooted my phone using the instructions on this page, then I updated my phone with kies. After the update, it was unrooted again. I did the exact same steps from this page and successfully rooted my phone again with the updated software.

 

[cezeff]

so i got my s3 and loving it...that only means that tonight im going to try to put a ics custom rom on here that is closest to our kernel/baseband etc...have you guys found anything useful for cooking using mac? i should proab. troll the general threads for that info...

 

[cezeff]

so far no good..i tried several ROMS and kernels and Ive managed to brick it...so ill contiune working on it...it maybe because there is still something locked on it...maybe the root was just a kernel root nothing more...so im going to try a few tricks and try to run it as if it was a generic stock sgs2..ill keep yall updated